When small words foretell academic success: The case of college admissions essays

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Pennebaker, James W ^a   Chung, Cindy K ^a   Frazee, Joey ^a   Lavergne, Gary M ^a   Beaver, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NARRATIVE; PSYCHOMETRY; THINKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; WRITING;

COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WRITING;

EID: 84938634423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115844     Document Type: Article

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